Compare · Checked 10 November 2026
Studiotake or Castmagic?
Castmagic starts from the words: it transcribes your recording, then writes show notes, summaries and posts and cuts clips from the transcript. Studiotake starts from the recording and makes the episode itself.
Check each product's own pages before you decide: their features and prices change quickly. We checked these on 10 November 2026.
Choose Castmagic if
You already have the episode edited and want show notes, summaries, quotes, posts and clips made from its transcript, imported from more than 1,800 sources, in a browser.
Choose Studiotake if
You make a podcast on a Mac and want the episode cut for you, plus the shorts, the covers and the posts, with your recordings staying on your computer.
Side by side
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What you pay
Studiotake
From $19 a month for 5 episode-hours (€22.99 a month including VAT in the EU). It buys the whole job: the episode, the shorts, the covers and the posts.
Castmagic
Castmagic’s pricing page lists Hobby at $29 a month billed monthly, with 30 transcribed hours as a “library total” (Starter 100, Team 400). It does not say the hours renew each month, so we do not turn it into an hourly price. Studiotake is $3.80 an episode-hour, from $19 a month for 5.
Who should stay with Castmagic
- Your episode is already edited. Castmagic works from the transcript; its blog says it starts after the edit.
- You want writing first. Show notes, summaries, quotes and posts, with clips and carousels from the same transcript.
- You import from many places. Its site lists more than 1,800 import sources.
- You work in a browser. Studiotake is a Mac app so far.
Questions
Does Castmagic upload my footage?
Yes. Castmagic is a web tool: you upload a file or import a link, and its privacy policy says your data is stored on its cloud servers (Castmagic privacy policy). Studiotake keeps your recordings, transcripts, cut lists and exports on your Mac. Three exceptions, each only when you use it: a finished video you schedule waits on our server until it is posted, parts of the transcript pass through our server to the AI provider to write the cut and the texts, and support requests you send reach us. See the privacy policy.
Is Studiotake a replacement for Castmagic?
They overlap on show notes, titles, chapters and clips. Castmagic writes and cuts clips from a transcript. Studiotake also cuts the episode, makes the shorts with covers and posts them.
How do the prices compare?
Castmagic’s pricing page lists Hobby at $29 billed monthly, with 30 transcribed hours as a library total (Castmagic pricing). Studiotake is $3.80 an episode-hour, from $19 a month for 5. Prices exclude VAT.
Does Castmagic post my episode?
Castmagic’s site describes pushing its content to social tools, a CMS or an inbox through Zapier, and its blog suggests a separate scheduler for posting. Studiotake schedules and posts to YouTube, TikTok, Instagram and Facebook after you approve.
Is there a free plan?
Castmagic’s pricing page lists no free plan; some of its own comparison pages offer a 7-day free trial. Studiotake’s first episode is free, with its shorts and covers, no card.
Checked 10 November 2026 against Castmagic’s own site, where every claim about it links its source; products change, so check Castmagic’s pages before you decide. Prices are in US dollars, Studiotake's the same number in euros (€22.99 a month including VAT in the EU). Castmagic’s pricing page gives transcribed hours as a library total and does not say they renew each month, so we show its plan prices rather than an hourly price. Some of its blog posts give other prices, for example Hobby at $21 a month for 5 hours; we use its pricing page. Studiotake keeps your recordings on your Mac. Three things reach our server, each only when you use it: a video scheduled to post waits there until it is posted, parts of the transcript pass through it to the AI provider, and support requests you send reach us (privacy policy). Studiotake is not affiliated with Castmagic. Something out of date? contact@studiotake.app.